Rolex 24: Hour 16 Update (2/3-mark)

As the sun is about to rise, running a torrid pace the #10 Cadillac is pulling away
As the sun is about to rise, running a torrid pace the #10 Cadillac is pulling away

Taking full advantage of the BoP advantage gifted to them by IMSA before the race, Cadillacs still run 1-2-3 at the 2/3rds mark of the Rolex 24. The #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac now holds a comfortable 48 second lead over the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac.

The #31 Whelen Cadillac runs third but is almost 1-lap down. The #77 and #55 Mazdas round out the top-5 one and two laps down respectively.

The Penske Acuras are now both out to lunch having been slowed by IMSA before the race with a BoP adjustment to slow them. Of course the #7 getting put into the barriers by the #55 Mazda earlier did not help their cause.

Daybreak
Daybreak

Colin Braun has the the #81 Oreca to the lead in LMP2 – 6.4 secs up on the #52.

The #24 BMW with Jesse Krohn at the wheel leads in GTLM but the #912 Porsche driven by Vanthoor is right on his rear bumper. A few minutes before two-thirds distance, Krohn drove his BMW up the inside of Vanthoor’s Porsche on the infield to take the category lead.

Nick Tandy in the #911 Porsche and Antonio Garcia in the #3 Corvette run 3rd and 4th and still on the same lap as the BMW.

The #48 Lamborghini with Andrea Calderelli at the wheel leads in GTD by 1-lap over the #88 Audi as its nearest competitor, the #9 Porsche has gone to the garage.

Hour 16 Standings

Pos Class PiC Current Driver No./Make Laps Behind BiC Stops
1 DPI 1 Renger Van Der Zande #10 CADILLAC DPI 558 –.— –.— 27
2 DPI 2 Sebastien Bourdais #5 CADILLAC DPI 557 48.625s 48.625s 26
3 DPI 3 Felipe Nasr #31 CADILLAC DPI 557 1:25.806 37.181s 27
4 DPI 4 Tristan Nunez #77 MAZDA DPI 557 1 LAP 1 LAP 27
5 DPI 5 Jonathan Bomarito #55 MAZDA DPI 556 2 LAPS 2 LAPS 28
6 DPI 6 Dane Cameron #6 ACURA DPI 556 2 LAPS 2 LAPS 28
7 DPI 7 Chris Miller #85 CADILLAC DPI 553 5 LAPS 5 LAPS 25
8 LMP2 1 Colin Braun #81 ORECA LMP2 07 542 16 LAPS –.— 26
9 LMP2 2 Gabriel Aubry #52 ORECA LMP2 07 542 16 LAPS 6.415 26
10 DPI 8 Ricky Taylor #7 ACURA DPI 534 24 LAPS 24 LAPS 28
11 LMP2 3 Ryan Lewis #18 ORECA LMP2 07 533 25 LAPS 9 LAPS 25
12 LMP2 4 David H. Hansson #8 ORECA LMP2 07 527 31 LAPS 15 LAPS 27
13 GTLM 1 Jesse Krohn #24 BMW M8 GTE 525 33 LAPS –.— 18
14 GTLM 2 Laurens Vanthoor #912 PORSCHE 911 RSR – 19 525 33 LAPS 0.891 18
15 GTLM 3 Nick Tandy #911 PORSCHE 911 RSR – 19 525 33 LAPS 13.409 18
16 GTLM 4 Antonio Garcia #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R 525 33 LAPS 19.212 19
17 LMP2 5 Kyle Masson #38 ORECA LMP2 07 525 33 LAPS 17 LAPS 27
18 GTLM 5 Alessandro Pier Guidi #62 FERRARI 488 GTE 525 33 LAPS 1:24.225 19
19 GTLM 6 Colton Herta #25 BMW M8 GTE 512 46 LAPS 13 LAPS 20
20 GTD 1 Andrea Caldarelli #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 511 47 LAPS –.— 20
21 GTD 2 Mirko Bortolotti #88 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 510 48 LAPS 1 LAP 19
22 GTD 3 Spencer Pumpelly #44 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 510 48 LAPS 1 LAP 20
23 GTD 4 Jeff Westphal #63 FERRARI 488 GT3 510 48 LAPS 1 LAP 19
24 GTD 5 Jens Klingmann #96 BMW M6 GT3 509 49 LAPS 2 LAPS 20
25 GTD 6 Lawson Aschenbach #74 MERCEDES-AMG GT3 509 49 LAPS 2 LAPS 20
26 GTD 7 Patrick Long #16 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 509 49 LAPS 2 LAPS 20
27 GTD 8 Trent Hindman #57 ACURA NSX GT3 509 49 LAPS 2 LAPS 19
28 GTD 9 Sven Muller #54 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 508 50 LAPS 3 LAPS 21
29 GTD 10 Jack Hawksworth #14 LEXUS RC F GT3 504 54 LAPS 7 LAPS 19
30 GTD 11 Brandon Gdovic #47 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 501 57 LAPS 10 LAPS 19
31 GTD 12 Dennis Olsen #9 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 496 62 LAPS 15 LAPS 17
32 GTD 13 Jules Gounon #86 ACURA NSX GT3 494 64 LAPS 17 LAPS 21
33 GTD 14 Shane Van Gisbergen #12 LEXUS RC F GT3 474 84 LAPS 37 LAPS 18
34 GTD 15 Christina Nielsen #19 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 470 88 LAPS 41 LAPS 19
35 GTD 16 Richard Heistand #11 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 438 120 LAPS 73 LAPS 19
36 GTLM 7 Marcel Fassler #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R 303 255 LAPS 222 LAPS 10
37 GTD 17 Ross Gunn #98 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 189 369 LAPS 322 LAPS 9
38 GTD 18 Alex Riberas #23 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 151 407 LAPS 360 LAPS 6